The Child Jupiter is Fed by the Goat Amalthea

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Anonieme meester (etchers)
,
Abraham Bloteling (publisher)

Date

ca. 1652 - 1690

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
A satyr and a half-naked nymph hold the goat Amalthea. The child Jupiter drinks milk from one of the goat's udders. A second satyr plays a flute.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Anonieme meester , Abraham Bloteling VIAF RKD
Type etching AAT
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper AAT
Dimensions 214 x 296 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-CK
Description
Subjects mythologies (religious concept) AAT, figures (representations) AAT, landscapes AAT
Tags trees Iconclass, shrubs Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, nutrition, nourishment Iconclass, milk Iconclass, feeding a baby Iconclass, goat Iconclass, gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass, (story of) Jupiter (Zeus) Iconclass, Amalthea, the nymph, usually in the shape of a goat, suckles the new-born Jupiter Iconclass, nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa) Iconclass, single named nymphs: Amalthea Iconclass, satyrs, fauns, Sileni Iconclass, satyr(s) (in general) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-CK
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11304/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-CK
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